Title - Hermit Crab's Home Author: Charlesworth, Liza Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Hermit needs to find a home that is just the right size. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 57 1.0 90 RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 12 Total # of Words 92 # of Different Words 30 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 43 46.7% # of Hi freq words 7 23.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Environment Homes *Animals Animals: Ocean Low Frequency Words